Background Screening Info

APD has joined a statewide screening database, "The Clearinghouse." The purpose of the Clearinghouse is to provide a single data source for background screening results for persons screened for employment or licensure that provide services to children, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

The Clearinghouse provides numerous benefits to you, including:

• long-term reduced costs,

• email notification of disqualifying offense arrests after initial screening, 

• alerts when a rescreening is due,

• and more up-to-date information

The Clearinghouse allows the results of criminal history checks to be shared among specified state agencies, reducing duplicative screenings for individuals requiring screening across multiple state agencies.

CDC+ consumers are the employer of record, consumer/representatives are required to register in the Clearinghouse to initiate a background screening on their prospective providers and/or rescreening for current providers and obtain the screening results from the online database.

All consumers hiring new providers will be able to use the Clearinghouse.

Your current providers will go through this new process at the time of their 5-year rescreening or if they experience a lapse of employment of over 90 days and are required to be screened. Additionally, an Employee/Contractor Roster is required and must be kept up to date.

Required Background Screening of CDC+ Representatives FAQ